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A chicken salad featuring Upside Foods’ cell-cultivated meat. (UpsideFoods.com)
Livestock

Lab-grown meat can be kosher and halal, experts say

Opinions seen as guidance for future products

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Reuters — Lab-grown meat can be labeled kosher and halal as long as its cells are derived in methods compliant with religious standards, according to two panels of experts commissioned by the nascent industry. The opinions are a win for cell-cultivated meat companies, executives said, because it means observant followers of Judaism and Islam could
CME October 2023 feeder cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle hit new highs

October lean hogs also close higher

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures hit new contract highs on Monday, as tight U.S. supplies going into next year continued to fuel the bull market, traders said. Even Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s October and December live cattle futures surged within $1 of their contract highs, fueled by optimism
Corn silage comes off the field.
Livestock

The pros and cons of silage inoculants

Inoculants can improve silage quality, but how do they factor into the bottom line?

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Better feed quality is always a plus, but when it comes to silage inoculants, it’s one more input weighing into the producer’s cost of production. Anyone hoping it will salvage poor silage may be in for a rude surprise. “It’s not for everyone,” said Karis Hutlet, a sales associate and agronomist with Marc Hutlet Seeds
CME June 2024 live cattle with 20-day moving average and October 2023 live cattle (black line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle set highs on tight supply

Hog futures down on lower export sales

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures climbed to new peaks on Friday, as limited U.S. supplies continued to propel prices. Inventories of U.S. cattle dwindled to their lowest levels in decades after producers reduced their herds over the last year because drought reduced the availability of pastures for
CME October 2023 feeder cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle set contract high, live cattle hit July high

Hogs up but within yesterday's range

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed to a July high on Thursday while feeder cattle set new contract highs. Tight supplies continue to support the markets, analysts said, after U.S. producers reduced their cattle herds over the last year as drought limited the availability of pastures for grazing. October live
Record cattle prices close out August
Livestock Markets, Markets

Record cattle prices close out August

Recent lower values for feed, and the loonie, add support

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Most cattle auction sites in Manitoba have reopened after the summer break, and for some, it’s business as usual with the same upward price movement. Heartland Livestock Services at Brandon and Virden, which conducted sales throughout the summer, on Aug. 29 and 30 put 1,721 cattle through the rings, 400 fewer than the previous week.
Winnipeg, Sept. 7, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)
Weather

Prairie Forecast: Summer trying to hang on

Issued Sept. 6, covering Sept. 6 to 13

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The weather models seem to be in good agreement for this forecast period, with no strong storm systems expected to impact the Prairies, making for a fairly high-confidence forecast. This forecast period will start off with a generally west to southwesterly flow across the Prairies. A broad but weak area of low pressure is expected
CME October 2023 live cattle with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally near four-week high

October hogs touch lowest in a week

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Wednesday to their highest level in nearly four weeks, while feeder cattle also stormed higher. U.S. cattle supplies are tight as drought reduced the amount of pasture available for grazing and drove producers to send more cattle to slaughter over the last year.
Global sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Aug. 30, 2023. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Weather

Rest of September to be warmer than normal for Prairies

Southern Prairies to remain drier than normal

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MarketsFarm — As summer turns to autumn on the Canadian Prairies, the weather outlook for the rest of September is for temperatures to be warmer than normal, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics. One of the factors in those forthcoming temperatures is the El Niño that has been developing over the last several
CME October 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near one-month high on export outlook

CME cattle futures close lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures neared a one-month high on Tuesday on expectations for increased U.S. pork exports and tightening supplies. Demand for U.S. pork is benefiting as high pig prices in Europe cause global importers to shift some business to the United States, where pig prices have been weak,

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